Siem Reap sees strong gains
Commercial property prices and rents in Siem Reap have increased by 10 to 20 per cent in the last year, according to the town’s newest real estate agency. Cambodia Properties Limited (CPL) opened its first Siem Reap branch three months ago, recognising a need for sound href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/siem-reap-sees-strong-gains/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/Real-Estate/siem-reap-sees-strong-gains.html
Patient rights
Access to quality healthcare is fundamental to enhancing citizens’ livelihoods and advancing towards more sustainable growth and development in countries all over the world. Along with increasing public demand for better health infrastructure and adequate access to healthcare services, many countries face the need to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/patient-rights/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
SDG 5 Gender equality
The Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) is initiated to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”. The global SDG 5 consists of 9 targets (3 targets as means of implementation) and 14 indicators. The objectives of SDG 5 are expressed in terms href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-5-gender-equality/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Bavet prices flat
Land prices in Bavet town in Svay Rieng province have been “stable” despite a great deal of purchasing seen in early 2013, property experts said. Nuon Rithy, general manager at the Bonna Realty Group, said there have been lots of land trading in Bavet so href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bavet-prices-flat/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013030761788/Real-Estate/bavet-prices-flat.html
Press Release on a courtesy meeting between H.E Dr. Aun Pornmoniroth, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, with Dr. Lee Joong Keun, Chairman of Booyoung Group of the Republic of Korea
On 18 October 2022, the Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a press release on a courtesy meeting between H.E Dr. Aun Pornmoniroth, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance, with Dr. Lee Joong Keun, Chairman of Booyoung Group of the Republic of href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/press-release-on-a-courtesy-meeting-between-h-e-dr-dr-aun-pornmoniroth-deputy-pr/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Forest products
Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo by U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh on 09 June 2016. Licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.Cambodia had over 8 million hectares of forest resources in 2020, accounting for 44.7% of the country’s total land area. 95 The state owns the whole forest href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/forest-products/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
FAST payment system transfers top 10B riel
Six months since the central bank launched its FAST payment system, a new scheme to provide instant riel-denominated fund transfers between financial institutions and their clients, the bank recorded a total fund transfer of 10 billion riel ($2.5 million) as of end-2016. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fast-payment-system-transfers-top-10b-riel/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/fast-payment-system-transfers-top-10b-riel
Agriculture and fishing
Population depends on agriculture 2014 : 73%(Source: The World Bank)Total rice production 2009 – 2012: 7.58 – 9.29 million tons(Source: NSDP, 2014-2081)Total fish catchment 2013: 718,000 tonnes* 73% fresh water* 14% the sea(Source: The Phnom Penh Post, 2014) Rice farmers working in the field, Kandal province, href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/agriculture-and-fishing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Cambodian exports to Japan increase by 10.7%
In the first 10 months of 2022, Cambodia exported $1,658 million products to Japan – mostly sewing supplies, leather goods, bags and footwear – representing a 10.7 percent YOY increase href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-exports-to-japan-increase-by-10-7/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Mao Sreypich
https://kiripost.com/stories/cambodian-exports-to-japan-increase-by-107
Unions
The rights to freedom of association are protected under Cambodia’s laws. Article 36 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia provides that ‘Khmer citizens of both sexes shall have the rights to create unions and participate as its members’. Thus, under the 1997 Labor href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/unions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
System of government
UNTAC soldiers from India patrolling the streets in Prey Veng province, Cambodia, on the second day of voting. Photo by United Nations Transitional Authority of Cambodia (UNTAC), taken on May 24 1993. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Cambodia inherited legal and political systems and a state href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/system-of-government/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Workshop on ODC website and information on access to public services with local authority, NCDD and NGOs
On 31 October 2017, Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has organized a workshop on “ODC Website and Information on Access to Public Services” at Tonle Bassac II Restaurant, Phnom Penh, funded by Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (SPIDER), under a project theme of “Public Awareness of and href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/workshop-on-odc-website-and-information-on-access-to-public-services-with-local-authority-ncdd-and-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Provincial and local governments
Patients are registered during the outreach screening at Vien Health Center. Photo by Community Eye Health, taken in 2006. Licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0The Kingdom of Cambodia is an indivisible state. The country’s administration at all levels and in all sectors falls under the same href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/provincial-and-local-governments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Birds culled following death
More than 600 chickens in two villages in Banteay Meanchey province have been culled following the death of a girl from bird flu three weeks ago. The four-year-old died on July 20, only 10 days after showing symptoms of the disease, according to a joint href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/birds-culled-following-death/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011080150763/National-news/birds-culled-following-death.html
Trade
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at a bilateral meeting. Photo by U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh, taken on 06 January 2016. Licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.Cambodia is a lower middle-income country with a fast-growing economy that has sustained a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/trade/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Youth essay contest under the theme indigenous peoples and natural resources
The youth essay contest on “Indigenous Peoples and Natural Resources” is organized to express perspectives and reflections on the relationship of indigenous peoples with natural resources, land and climate change.Therefore, ODC would like to invite all youths, students, researchers, and youths to participate in this href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/youth-essay-contest-under-the-theme-indigenous-peoples-and-natural-resources/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Open Development Cambodia (ODC)
Extractive industries policy and administration
Cambodia’s extractive industries have traditionally operated on a small scale, mostly mining construction materials, gold or gemstones. While commercial production of minerals or oil has yet to begin on a large scale – these products made up just 0.1% of the country’s exports in 2016201 – href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/extractive-industries-policy-and-administration/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Vietnam Airlines increases Cambodian flight frequency to 10 per week
Vietnam Airlines has added another six flights per week to bring its current four per week to 10. Vietnam Airlines first flight to Phnom Penh was on January 1 this year. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-airlines-increases-cambodian-flight-frequency-to-10-per-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501008216/vietnam-airlines-increases-cambodian-flight-frequency-to-10-per-week/
Cambodia, Vietnam eye $10 billion bilateral trade in 2022
Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce and Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade talked about boosting trade activities, pledging to push the bilateral trade volume to $10 billion by this year. href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vietnam-eye-10-billion-bilateral-trade-in-2022/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...
Chea Vanyuth
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501063033/cambodia-vietnam-eye-10-billion-bilateral-trade-in-2022/
SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production
One of the key goals of the 2030 Agenda is to “decouple economic growth from resource use and environmental degradation”.218 Sustainable consumption and production involves promotion of resource and energy efficiency as well as reduction of economic, social and environmental costs. These are intended to href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/topics/sdg-12-responsible-consumption-and-production/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...